DIRECTIONS: Choose the appropriate TOPPINGS (WORDS) from the box below that best describes

the characteristics of ‘society’, ‘culture’ and ‘politics’ to complete each fl avor. Write down your
answers inside the triangular shape.
Cultural anthropologists study all aspects of culture, but what
exactly is “culture”? When ask students about introductory to
cultural anthropology, what culture means to them, students
typically say that culture is food, clothing, religion, language,
traditions, art, music, and so forth. Indeed, culture includes many
of these observable characteristics, but culture is also something
deeper. Culture is a powerful defining characteristic of human
groups that shapes our perceptions, behaviors, and relationships.

The English word 'Culture' is gotten from the Latin expression

'clique or cultus' significance plowing, or developing or refining
and love. In total it implies developing and refining.
◦Culture is a lifestyle. The food you eat, the garments you
wear, the language you talk in what's more, the God you
love all are parts of culture. In extremely straightforward
terms, we can say that culture is the epitome of the
manner by which we think and get things done. It is
likewise the things that we have acquired as citizenry.
Every one of the accomplishments of individuals as
individuals from gatherings of people can be called
culture. Workmanship, music, writing, engineering,
design, reasoning, religion and science can be viewed as
parts of culture. Notwithstanding, culture likewise
incorporates the traditions, customs, celebrations,
methods of living and one's attitude toward different
issues of life.
CONCEPT of CULTURE
◦Culture thus refers to a human-made environment which
includes all the material and nonmaterial products of group life
that are transmitted from one generation to the next. There is a
general agreement among social scientists that culture consists
of explicit and implicit patterns of behavior acquired by human
beings. These may be transmitted through symbols,
constituting the distinctive achievements of human groups,
including their embodiment as artefacts. The essential core of
culture thus lies in those 6 finer ideas which are transmitted
within a group-both historically derived as well as selected with
their attached value. More recently, culture denotes historically
transmitted patterns of meanings embodied in symbols, by
means of which people communicate, perpetuate and develop
their knowledge about and express their attitudes toward life.
◦Moreover, Culture is the declaration of our
temperament in our methods of living and
thinking. It could be seen in our writing, in
strict practices, in amusement and
happiness. Culture has two unmistakable
segments, specifically, material and non-
material. Material culture comprises of
articles that are identified with the material
part of our life like our dress, food, and family
products. Non-material culture alludes to
thoughts, standards, musings and conviction.
◦Additionally, culture changes from one spot
to another and country to country. Its
advancement depends on the authentic
cycle working in a nearby, provincial or
public setting. For instance, we vary in our
methods of hello others, our apparel, food
propensities, social and strict traditions and
practices from the West. All in all,
individuals of any nation are portrayed by
their particular social customs.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF
CULTURE
1. CULTURE is learned and acquired: Culture is
gained as in there are sure practices which are
obtained through heredity. People acquire certain
characteristics from their folks yet socio-social
examples are not acquired. These are gained from
relatives, from the gathering and the general public
wherein they live. It is in this manner clear that the
way of life of individuals is impacted by the physical
and social climate through which they work.
◦2. CULTURE is shared by a group of people: An
idea or activity might be called culture in case it is
shared and accepted or rehearsed by a gathering of
individuals.
◦3. CULTURE is cumulative: Different information
exemplified in culture can be passed starting with
one age then onto the next age. Increasingly more
information is added in the specific culture as the
time elapses by. Each might work out answer for
issues in life that passes starting with one age then
onto the next. This cycle stays as the specific culture
goes with time.
◦4. CULTURE changes: There is information, musings or
customs that are lost as new social qualities are added.
There are potential outcomes of social changes inside the
specific culture over the long haul.
◦5. CULTURE is dynamic: No culture stays on the
perpetual state. Culture is changing continually as novel
thoughts and new procedures are added over the long
haul altering or changing the old ways. This is the
attributes of culture that stems from the way of life's total
quality.
◦6. CULTURE gives us a scope of passable standards
of conduct: It includes how a movement ought to be
directed, how an individual should act properly.
◦7. CULTURE is diverse: It is a framework
that has a few commonly reliant parts.
Albeit these parts are isolated, they are
related with each other framing culture as
entirety.
◦8. CULTURE is ideational: Often it sets
out an optimal example of conduct that
are expected to be trailed by people in
order to acquire social acknowledgment
from individuals with a similar culture.
 CONCEPTS OF SOCIETY
◦The general public in which we live decides everything
from the food we eat to the decisions we make. The
word society comes from the latin root socius,
signifying "buddy" or "being with others." A general
public comprises of individuals who share a region,
who communicate with one another, and who share a
culture. A few social orders are, indeed, gatherings of
individuals joined by fellowship or normal interests. Our
particular social orders show us how to act, what to
accept, and how we'll be rebuffed in the event that we
don't keep the laws or customs set up.
◦Furthermore, a Society is a gathering of individuals
whose individuals associate, dwell in a quantifiable
region, and offer a culture. What's more, a society is a
social framework that shares a topographical domain,
a typical culture, and a lifestyle (Johnson 1996).". As
per Auguste Comte (1798-1857), it came from the
Latin word 'socius' which means buddy, partner,
accomplice or mate (or social being with others) and
the Greek word 'logos' or 'logus' which intends to
contemplate (Kendall, 1998). Likewise, the humanist
Dorothy Smith (1926) characterizes society as the
"continuous concerting and organizing of people's
exercises" (Smith 1999).
 HOW SOCIOLOGIST VIEW SOCIETY?
◦Sociologists utilize this term from a particular
perspective and in an exact manner. In
sociologies since nineteenth century there is a
long discussion about the utilization of the idea
'society'. It was interpreted as meaning as
tissues of habits and customs that hold a
gathering of individuals together. In some sense,
'society addressed something more suffering and
more profound than the 'state', less manipulative
and absolutely subtler
◦Sociologists have characterized society
with two points:
◦1. In conceptual terms, as an
organization of connections
between individuals or between
gatherings.
◦2. In substantial terms, as an
assortment of individuals or an
association of people.